Unrestricted funding to help deliver services supporting marginalised communities

Unrestricted funding to help deliver services.

The programme offers both an unrestricted grant and tailored support aimed at helping to strengthen charities and build the knowledge, skills and capabilities of staff and trustees.

The programme is intended for registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations operating mainly in England and/or Wales who are helping people living in England and/or Wales.

Applicants must be providing in-depth services in one of the following eight themes:

• Addiction
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Care Leavers
• Domestic Abuse
• Homelessness
• Offending
• Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
• Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations operating mainly in England and/or Wales who are helping people living in England and/or Wales may apply.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be registered as a charity or as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) with the Charity Commission and able to provide their charity registration number.
• Have an annual income of between £25,000 and £500,000 in their last published accounts.
• Have at least one set of annual accounts showing as ‘received’ on the Charity Commission website, covering a 12-month operating period.
• Have a bank account in the charity’s name with unrelated signatories.
• Have a Board of at least three trustees who are not related to each other and who do no receive any payments, except for out-of-pocket expenses from the charity.
• Be operating most in England and/or Wales and helping people living in England and/or Wales.
• Have a track record of delivering services for at least one year to people aged 18 years and older.
• Have a safeguarding policy in place.
• Hold public liability insurance.
• Be an independent organisation with full control over its work and any conflicts of interest

Deadline – 23^rd January 2025 (17:00)

Lloyds Bank Foundation